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And Oldy But a Goody!

When Plethora asked me to draw a butterfly, I remembered a piece that I did a few years back.

I took a photo of some flowers and then painted on a butterfly! My art teacher didn't even realize that it was a painting!! She thought it was just a photo ;) This scan doesn't show it in its true light. But I hope every one likes it!

So without further ado!! This one is for Plethora!!

Watercolour!

This is my newest watercolour. Three little baby owls. I got a big book of photos of baby animals and another on wildlife! Still need ideas on which ones to draw though...

Song Thrush

There is nothing better than waking up to the dawn chorus! All the little birds singing their hearts out, waiting for the sun to rise, brighting up the dim hours before the light dawns the earth! Blackbirds have got to be my favourite, but Mr Song Thrush comes a close second! So, here's a little pen and ink tribute for that beautiful morning song!

Tiki Toucan!

Little Tiki Toucan, sitting on a branch! Yes... I named him... Why did I name him Tiki?? I have no idea... But the alliteration sounds good ;) So Say Hi to Tiki Toucan everyone!

One More Drawing

This one was partner to the tiger above. My mum thought tiger was a little lonely on the wall so asked for a friend for him. Again I wasn't able to spray this one and had to take photo, so the quality isn't that good.

Here's one I've never tried before!

I was asked the other day, why I don't have any drawings of people on here. I was always told at school that I couldn't draw faces or people very well, so I never really tried! But I thought I'd give it a go ;) Here is the result!! Don't know who they are, but they were in the TV guide ;) It was only a very quick sketch (took about 30 minutes), and it's on very rough paper. Also, I don't have any good pencils left so I had to use a nasty cheapy pencil... But they are alright I guess...

NEW MEDIA!!

I've finally got the nib on my pen unblocked so I can once again draw in pen and ink!! Here is a drawing of a little harvest mouse. They are so small and cute!!

Retro Section ;)

Ok I have been so busy of late that I have not had time to produce any more good work... I'm really really sorry! And that means that I haven't added much on here! So you need to thank AreaBlue22 for the kick up the backside in getting these added ;) If he hadn't have asked for more, I wouldn't have put these up ;)

I promise to try harder and get some new stuff done!! But to keep you all occupied, here are some older pieces from uni!

This is a piece of site specific art. It was mounted in a window frame and hung on a wall to show what the view would look like if there were a real window there ;) It's the view from my old University window^^ It's big, the size of a real window and doesn't look quiet as good shrunk down, but I hope you enjoy it anyway!

This one is years old! It's one of my first real paintings so not up to the standard I am now ;) Yet I still love it!! I'm now working on a large tiger, so hopefully this will wet your appetite for that ;)

At Uni I looked into animals and the whole human vs nature thing, so had to look into different ways of presenting my work. One of the more interesting ways was on wood, parts of trees and bark. This one is a tree frog, on an old tree that fell during a storm. I vanished the wood, so it didn't photograph too well, but I hope you like it anyway! I can tell ya, it's really hard work painting on part of a tree!!

Next are my leaves^^ I love my leaves! It was a series of paintings about the fragility of nature. I coated the leaves in a special vanish so amazingly even after 2 years they are still as green and fresh as the day I painted them!

This is Mr Zebra, I actually sold this one! £10 straight in my pocket ;) Yet, I miss the little guy... I get way to precious over my work ;) I never like to let them go!

And this one was Miss Zebra, the second go to replace the one I sold ;) There were a hold other bunch of animals, Tigers, Sand cats, a whole zoo! But this one is my favourite! They were all hung on a branch like real leaves, tied on with Hessian.